On today's Your Call we’ll talk about the U.S. surveillance state past and present with Bea Edwards, author of The Rise of the American Corporate Security State: Six Reasons to Be Afraid. Given the history of attacks on whistleblowers, what’s at stake for journalists who publish their revelations? Join the conversation on the next Your Call with Rose Aguilar and You.
Guests:
Beatrice Edwards, executive director of the Government Accountability Project (GAP); and author of The Rise of the American Corporate Security State: Six Reasons To Be Afraid.
Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971
Resources:
Government Accountability Project
GAP: The Rise of the American Corporate Security State: Six Reasons to be Afraid
The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI
LA Times: Opinion- James Risen case: The Supreme Court stiffs the press -- or maybe not
NPR: Supreme Court Sides With Whistleblower In Retaliation Case
NY Times: Snowden’s Story, Behind the Scenes
The Verge: Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras return to US, blame government for climate of fear